Bombing suspect heads to court

BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings that killed three people and wounded 260 during the Boston Marathon, is expected to be arraigned in federal court in Boston this afternoon.

Tsarnaev, 19, could face the death penalty for the attack.

He had his initial court appearance at a hospital, where he was recovering from injuries suffered in a shootout with police after he was found bleeding and hiding in a boat in the suburb of Watertown just days after the April 15 explosion.

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities escalated their crackdown today on the Muslim Brotherhood by ordering the arrest of its spiritual leader, while the group remained steadfast in its defiance of the new military-backed administration and refused offers to join an interim government.

Even as the new prime minister began reaching out to form a Cabinet and restore a measure of stability, the militar